Subject (Discipline):

(i.e. EDU, MAT)

Course Number:

Fill in the course number that reflects the level and sequence you desire.  If you have retired a previous course number, you may not reuse that number.

Implement Change for Term:

Indicate the term (year and quarter) that this change or new course becomes valid.

Course Title (30 Characters):

This title is limited to 30 characters and is the actual  title that will appear on the students’ transcript.

Publication Title (unlimited characters):

This title will be in the University Catalog and may be as long as you need it to be.

New Course/Change:

Check the appropriate box.

• For a new course, please complete the entire form.
• For a change to a course, complete only the items that have changed.

School/College:

Indicate the School or College.

Department Code:

Indicate the department that supports this course. This will control the sorting of courses and where they will appear in the University Catalog.

Special Approval:

Indicate any approval(s) that students would need in order to register for the course, (i.e. Instructor, Coordinator, etc).

Credits:

List the credit or credit range for this course (i.e. credits or 3-5 credits).

Level:

(i.e. Undergraduate, Graduate, or Doctoral). If a class is being offered as both masters and doctoral, please list both so that we charge the appropriate fees depending on the students’ level.

Repeatable:

Indicate whether this course is repeatable or not (yes or no).  In other words, can the student take the course more than once and receive credit?  If the course has a fixed credit amount, indicate the number of times the student can take it for credit.  If the course has a variable credit amount, indicate the total number of credits the course can be taken for.  This information affects students’ transcripts and degree audit.

Grading Options:

Choose the grading mode(s) and indicate the primary or default mode if there is more than one.

Schedule Types:

Choose the schedule type(s) and indicate the primary type if there is more than one.  Click here for possible schedule types.

Co-Requisites:

Co-requisites are courses that must be taken at the same time.  (i.e. ART 1180 must be taken with ART 1181).

Pre-Requisites:

Courses that should be taken before this course. Students find this information in the Catalog Course Description and the Notes Section of the Time Schedule.

Concurrent:

Can the pre-requisite be taken at the same time?

Equivalents:

Are any other courses equivalent to this one?  An equivalent course may have a different subject code and course number but in all other aspects such as title, credits, schedule, grading modes, and attributes they must be the same.  (i.e., MAT 1360 and BUS 1360).

Tuition  Detail Code:

The tuition detail code is necessary for all graduate level courses and any course that would not follow the normal, undergraduate tuition plateau.  Detail codes determine where the money is directed and assist with running statistics.  Remember that Don Mortenson and the Board of Trustees approve specific fees annually.

Tuition Description:

List the specific description of the detail code (i.e. Graduate Education Tuition, Autumn).  This description appears on the student account statement.

Tuition Amount:

List $$$ Amount.

Per Credit/Flat:

It is preferred that tuition be charged at a per credit rate so that if the credit amount changes, the tuition will still be correct.

Fee Code:

List the fee code (i.e. 7005)

Fee Description:

List the specific description of the fee code (i.e. Nursing Fee).  This description appears on the student account statement.

Catalog Text Description:

This is the official course description that will appear in the University Catalog.

Degree Attributes:

Does this course carry any degree attributes? (i.e.  General Education, Foundation, Exploratory Curriculum, Writing (must be approved by Tom Amorose), Upper Division, and Distance Learning).

Registration Restrictions:

Course restrictions may be by class, level, school, or major.  For example, if you do not want freshmen to take the course, you would circle exclude and write freshmen next to ‘class’ on the Catalog Course Form.  This information is listed in the Notes section of the Time Schedule.  Please keep restrictions to a minimum so that the registration process will go as smoothly as possible for students. 

Any Questions???:

Please contact Kay White x2556, e-mail kwhite@spu.edu